[LINK] RFI: 'The First Internet Cafe'
Tom Koltai
tomk at unwired.com.au
Thu Oct 21 13:07:26 AEDT 2010
AU's first internet café according to Internet Australiasia Magazine was
the Cybernet Café in Melbourne run by Michael Haridy open for business
on the 7th of April, 1995.
> -----Original Message-----
> From: link-bounces at mailman.anu.edu.au
> [mailto:link-bounces at mailman.anu.edu.au] On Behalf Of Roger Clarke
> Sent: Wednesday, 20 October 2010 9:46 PM
> To: link at anu.edu.au
> Subject: [LINK] RFI: 'The First Internet Cafe'
>
>
> A while back, linkers assisted when I was trying to work out who were
> the first Internet ISPs in Oz:
> http://www.rogerclarke.com/II/OzI04.html#CIAP
>
> For my sins,
> I've had an enquiry about the first Internet cafe in Oz.
> (Well, in Sydney, but if we can get a very early mover anywhere,
> we'll have the year prettymuch nailed down).
>
> This offers 'firsts' internationally in 1991/94/95/97:
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_café
>
> The Wikipedia
> article mentions Cyberia Cafe in London's West End, in
> 1994, the significance being that it was run by an
> Australian:
> http://web.archive.org/web/20080308202721/http://www.xs4all.nl
/~sjongens/cyberia/
This undated claim falls over because there's no date, and the domain
is no more:
http://www.onlymelbourne.com.au/melbourne_details.php?id=1616
http://www.internet-cafe.org/cybernet
Any assistance with Australian early movers much appreciated!
--
Roger Clarke http://www.rogerclarke.com/
Xamax Consultancy Pty Ltd 78 Sidaway St, Chapman ACT 2611 AUSTRALIA
Tel: +61 2 6288 1472, and 6288 6916
mailto:Roger.Clarke at xamax.com.au http://www.xamax.com.au/
Visiting Professor in the Cyberspace Law & Policy Centre Uni of NSW
Visiting Professor in Computer Science Australian National University
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